Justice is not...

[Intersections – IV]

Justice is not only about consequences or retribution. Or a generic reference to fairness. Though consequences and fairness play a part.

Justice is not only law and order, but without law, there is no standard by which we measure actions. Order is another thing altogether.

Justice for so-and-so? George Floyd or Breanna Taylor? What does that mean? Ought something happen so their deaths were not in vain?

Justice is at the intersection of distribution (“fair share”), processes (“fair treatment”), retribution (“fair consequences”), and restoration (“fair healing”).

Fair share.
Treatment.
Consequences.
Healing.

In other words, justice is what we insist for our children.
Made accessible to everyone.

Justice is love made public.
(Thank you, Cornell West.)